Hyderabad, Sept. 5 -- Now AI (Artificial Intelligence) has come to the help of instant translation of India's diverse tribal languages, many of them facing threat of extinction.

'Adi Vaani', is the name of the AI powered translator that the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched. The platform at present supports Santali, Bhili, Mundari, and Gondi languages. The next phase of the project aims to include more languages like Kui and Garo.

The app which is available on Play Store as well as a web platform has been developed by a consortium of institutions led by IIT Delhi and comprising of IIIT Hyderabad, BITS Pilani, and IIIT Nava Raipur in collaboration with the Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) in Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh...